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4th grade music composition unit plans
Journey to “The Planets” by Gustav Holst - Music Virtual Field Trip
Take your 2nd through 4th Grade students on a journey to outer space by introducing them to an engaging unit all about Gustav Holst’s Orchestral Suite, “The Planets”! With the included rhythmic, movement and exploratory activities, students will experience and connect with Holst’s orchestral suite in a whole new way while exploring and applying known musical concepts.The included lessons and activities were designed to be used in a Teacher-led, Synchronous Learning Environment. What’s included?G
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Music Virtual Field Trips Bundle
Music Composition Project
Do you struggle to incorporate composing into your music classroom? Then this Music Composition Project is perfect for you and your students! This unit uses a step-by-step approach to the composition process. Students will begin with the simple step of drawing a treble clef and end with a performance of the piece they composed! Grab this resource and so much MORE for your classroom in the Elementary Music Starter Bundle! Includes resources for the entire year! Below you'll find a list of all the
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4th - 6th
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Guitar Ninja | Pro | Guitar Curriculum For Beginner Guitar Lessons
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PowerPoint Files - 43 Guitar Ninja PowerPoint LessonsPDF Files - 43 Guitar Ninja Notation PostersPDF Files - 43 Guitar Ninja TAB PostersPDF Files - 43 Guitar Ninja Rhythm PostersPDF Files - 43 Guitar Ninja Song Test Sheet MusicPDF Files - Guitar Song Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Guitar Song TAB Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Counting WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Composition WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm PacketsPDF Files - Guitar Sub TubPDF Files - Guitar Ninja Weekly Ag
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2nd - 12th
Music Unit Treble Staff Practice for Piano and Xylophone BUNDLE
I created this treble staff reading, writing, playing, and composing unit as a way to teach note reading skills to my elementary piano lab students as well as to my general elementary music students on barred instruments.This unit focuses on note reading and writing skills for all notes on the treble staff as well as playing in C position (right hand) on the piano or xylophone.After students are comfortable reading, writing, and playing in C position, they will then complete one of two compositi
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2nd - 4th
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Video Game Music Unit
This unit is an incredibly fun and entertaining way to expose your kids to a variety of music in a fun manner: through video games! Video games are not only a fun outlet for students, but can be great examples of music, music technology, orchestral instruments and the evolution of music through time. In this unit, students will get an opportunity to study video game scores of popular games from all the way back in the 80s to modern games! This unit comes with a guide, a crossword covering all of
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4th - 12th
Also included in: 8 WEEK General Music BUNDLE 6-12th Grade!!! #2
Ukulele Curriculum | PRO | Beginner to Advanced Ukulele Lessons
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PowerPoint Files - 43 Ukulele PowerPoint LessonsPDF Files - 43 Ukulele Notation PostersPDF Files - 43 Ukulele TAB PostersPDF Files - 43 Ukulele Rhythm PostersPDF Files - 43 Ukulele Song Test Sheet MusicPDF Files - Ukulele Song Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Ukulele Song TAB Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Counting WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Composition WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm PacketsPDF Files - Ukulele Sub TubPDF Files - Ukulele Weekly Agenda PostersPDF Files - Ukul
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1st - 8th
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Movie Music Unit: Listening, Analysis, & Composition
This is a captivating, hands-on unit on Music in Film! Comprising of three sections: listening, analysis, and composition, students get to explore the purpose of movie music and how it makes movies come to life! Note: There is an embedded slideshow link, a fillable PDF of the Movie Music Analysis Packet, and printable PDFs for everything. Due to copyright reasons, I do not provide editable Google Slides. INCLUDES:-Slideshow of Movie Music Unit: begins with a short synopsis on John Williams and h
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: MUSIC PBL BUNDLE: 5 Large Units!
Music in Film Mini Bundle | 1 Semester of Film Music Units
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PowerPoint File - The importance of Music in FilmPowerPoint File - Theme Music in MoviesPowerPoint File - How Music Deceives UsPowerPoint File - The Art of InstrumentationPowerPoint File - The Art of Foley & Sound EffectsPowerPoint File - Movie Genres & Music GenresPowerPoint File - Scoring With The Seven Elements of MusicPowerPoint File - Writing Short Stories to Film MusicPowerPoint File - Musically Inspired DialoguePowerPoint File - Could Film Survive Without Music? D
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2nd - 12th
Composer John Williams Listening Unit | Virtual Learning Friendly
This composer unit on John Williams makes for a great tie in to Film Scores & movie soundtracks, sub plans, or for virtual learning environments!These editable Google Slides include:BiographyTimelineJaws - Information, video/audio, & Color by NoteStar Wars -Info, video/audio, & Color by NoteSuperman - Info, video/audio, & Superhero YogaIndiana Jones - Info, video/audio, Map activityE.T. - Info, video/audio, Listening GlyphJurassic Park - Info, video/audio, Listening GlyphHarry Po
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1st - 10th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 3rd Grade | 30% off
Piano Method Book | Piano Lessons For Beginner Pianists
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PDF File - 90 Page Beginner Piano Method BookThis Piano Method Book is everything you need for individual or group piano lessons for your students! This Method Book has a heavy focus on musical literacy, and all traditional approaches to reading standard music notation. This curriculum does NOT focus heavily on studies of any genre or style of music in particular, but rather the fundamental skills needed to peruse any style/genre of their choice in the future!A complete list of
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1st - 12th
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Also included in: Piano Curriculum | PRO | Career-Long Piano Curriculum For Piano Teachers
The Cup Song: Teaching Rhythm, Composition & Performance using Bloom's Taxonomy
This is a unit that is guaranteed to catch your music student's attention! Students (especially middle school) LOVE the Cup Game! So why not use it to teach them so much more?
This is a 19 page PDF download that includes:
1. Table of contents.
2. Five day (or more) suggested lesson guide with direct progression through Bloom's Taxonomy.
3. Reproducible handouts at 2 music reading levels so your students can analyze and dictate the rhythms they are using (Music reading Level 1 avoids the use
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3rd - 9th
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Music Rhythm Composition Student Worksheets- Unit 1 Bundle
This is Unit 1 in a series. To view Unit 2, CLICK HERE. This collection of 11 different worksheets are PERFECT for walking beginners sequentially through the process of composing rhythm by having them complete partially completed measures. Instead of free-hand composing which inevitably leads to a complete page of whole and half notes (the too-easy road), partially completed measures encourage higher-level thinking by forcing students to use all of the different rhythm types every day. Every new
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4th - 12th
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GarageBand Music Tech Project 2: Get in the Loop
PROJECT #2 FROM MY BUNDLE**Download my freebie to see EXACTLY how I format my projects.**This is a music technology project using GarageBand. Your students will learn about musical form and instrumentation of songs. They will compose their own song using the prerecorded loops that come with the GarageBand program. If you like this, check out my 12 Project Bundle which includes a comprehensive section listing all the resources (links, videos, articles, etc.) I use to teach the projects. I also ha
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing Music Notation- Unit 1 Mega Bundle
Welcome to the "Writing Music Notation- Unit 1 Mega Bundle"! Looking for the Unit 1 Mini Bundle instead? Click here!This is the IDEAL beginning notation guide for starting any melodic notation course with your students. These 44 pages of worksheets, lessons, reviews, and exit tickets walk your students through the following: Stem Side (right vs left)Stem Direction on the Staff (up vs down)Notehead Placement on the Staff (lines & spaces) & Correct Notehead SizeWriting Treble Clef Notes on
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4th - 12th
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Composing with Body Percussion: Improve Beat, Rhythm, and Ensemble Skills!
Explore COMPOSITION, RHYTHM, and TEXTURE with this fun unit—no instruments needed!!Motivate your students to LISTEN, and to improve their sense of BEAT and RHYTHM, in an enjoyable and motivating way. They will use simple rhythms to compose an exciting original piece of ensemble music, collaborating in the creation and performance of their compositions!This series of four/five lessons is aimed at Grades 3-6, with possible adaptation and extension for older grades. Read more about it here.This dow
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3rd - 8th
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Jingle Music Unit Plans | Lesson Plans, Printables & Distance Learning Friendly
Jingle Music Unit Plans | Lesson Plans, Printables & Distance Learning FriendlyI N F OThis product comes with:5 Lesson plans and unit overviewPrintables and samples that correspond with lessons2 Digital Products included Create A Jingle Project with rubricI created this unit guide as a way to help teachers deliver a fun and engaging unit on jingles. Students can make some great connections between your own curriculum music expectations in this fun unit! This unit is a hit with my students an
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4th - 8th
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OPERA MUSIC UNIT BOOKLET
OPERA MUSICDesigned for middle school - high school students, this product contains a student workbook complete with listening examples.The student workbook explores the types of opera music, types of opera singers, components and characteristics of opera and includes orchestral instrument/vocalist reviews, stories of famous composers listening games, listening analysis, listening comparison analysis charts, theme arrangement task, listening glyphs, short story task, scaffolded music composition
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
I Can Read Music! Foundational Music Theory Book for Band, Orchestra & Choir
This 35 page music theory book is perfect for beginning band, orchestra or choir in middle school. Students will learn treble, bass, and viola clef lines and spaces as well as note reading skills, and an understanding of basic rhythms and time signatures, 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4. Unit assessment and teacher key is included.This book can be used for anyone who is learning the basics of music reading. However, I wrote this for the specific purpose of getting all of my beginning 6th grade students on the
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4th - 8th
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STOMP Composition Project
General music teachers, have you ever had your students watch "STOMP" and thought about incorporating it into your curriculum?
Here is a composition project that teaches form (call & response), the creative process (composition & revision), and has students perform their own creative work. You can use standard notation or just write out the words to represent what you are doing, and students will learn rhythm without even realizing it.
In this project, students watch STOMP's "Just Cl
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4th - 7th
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MUSIC PBL BUNDLE: 5 Large Units!
Includes 5 interactive PBL Units that are great for late elementary, middle, and high school music students. These units can fill at least 5 months of work!Instruments of the Orchestra Unit: students learn about instruments in the orchestra and then create a research project based upon an instrument of choice. Movie Music Unit: Listening, Analysis, & Composition: students learn about music in film, analyze pieces of music from film using a listening log, and create their own movie music comp
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Recorder Ninja | Mini | Recorder Curriculum For Beginner Recorder Lessons
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PowerPoint Files - 43 Recorder Ninja PowerPoint LessonsPDF Files - 43 Recorder Ninja Notation PostersPDF Files - 43 Recorder Ninja Rhythm PostersPDF Files - 43 Recorder Ninja Song Test Sheet MusicPDF Files - Recorder Song Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Recorder Song Rhythm WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Counting WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Composition WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm PacketsPDF Files - Fingering Chart PacketsPDF Files - Clef Notation PacketsPDF Files - Recorder Sub T
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1st - 8th
Also included in: Recorder Ninja | PRO | Complete Colorful Life-Long Recorder Program
Pitch Higher, Lower, & Melodic Contour Lesson Plans - Grade 3 Music - November
Teach your grade 3 music class all about pitch (higher, lower, pitch contour) with this music unit of lesson plans on melodic contour. Teaching music without any experience or training? YOU CAN DO THIS.Anyone can teach music effectively even if:You don't have any music experienceYou don't have any instruments, textbooks or fancy equipmentYou don't have time to plan elaborate lessonsMusic-By-Month is a low-frills-but-high-quality music curriculum that provides quality lessons for students and qui
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Grade 3 Music Lesson Plans Ontario Curriculum Whole Year Bundle
Sheet Music For Bucket Drums
As a percussion teacher, professional drummer, and elementary music teacher; I was astounded to find a lack of actual sheet music for bucket drums. I created this resource to support my grade 2-6 students through the challenges of learning beat and rhythm. My goal was to guide them through ACTUAL MUSIC in preparation for Concert Band in grade 7/8/9.There are 18 unique pieces from extreme beginner, all the way up to 'mildly difficult'. There are three 2 part songs included, as well as composition
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2nd - 9th
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Piano Ninja | Mini | Piano Lessons For Beginner Pianists
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PowerPoint Files - 43 Piano Ninja PowerPoint LessonsPDF Files - 43 Piano Ninja Right Hand PostersPDF Files - 43 Piano Ninja Left Hand PostersPDF Files - 43 Piano Ninja Rhythm PostersPDF Files - 43 Piano Ninja Song Test Sheet MusicPDF Files - Piano Song R.H Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Piano Song L.H. Notation WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Counting WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm Composition WorksheetsPDF Files - Rhythm PacketsPDF Files - Piano Sub TubPDF Files - Piano Ninja Weekly
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: Piano Ninja | PRO | Piano Lessons For Beginner Pianists
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